Quotes from Wish You Well

David Baldacci ·  432 pages

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“Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.....”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“Diamond Skinner had had no material possessions to his name and yet had been the happiest creature Lou had ever met. He and God would no doubt get along famously.”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well



“I will never forget that the passing down of memories is the strongest link in the gossamer bridge that binds up as people. I plan to devote my live to doing just that. And if you've taught me anything, it's that what we hold in our hearts is truly the fierest component of our humanity.”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.’ - Louisa Mae Cardinal”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“Lou looked at Davis there praying like God was in his heart and home, while his family remained behind in rags and fear and would have starved except for the kindness of Louisa Cardinal. She could only shake her head.”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


“the laundry, and took, in amicable”
― David Baldacci, quote from Wish You Well


About the author

David Baldacci
Born place: in Richmond, Virginia, The United States
Born date August 5, 1960
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